ODOT maps 70 mph speed areas

Limit changes July 1 on rural interstates

8:52 PM,
May 23, 2013

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The Ohio Department of Transportation has mapped out portions of Ohio's interstates where drivers can accelerate to new 70 mph speed limits starting July 1.

Interstate 70 from the Indiana border to just outside Wheeling, W.Va., will be 70 mph except for portions in Dayton, Columbus and Zanesville.

ODOT designated urban areas, which were exempt from the speed limit increase, by looking at census data, ODOT spokesman Steve Faulkner said. The legal speeds will remain the same on interstate sections not going to 70 mph. ...